Coronavirus Live Thread. No 12

3/8/2020

[Vermont Lt]

Continuation of the thread.

[bgill]

Might as well drop the Princess passengers off at the mall.

[cgbg]

(1) This is about old people and I won't be affected

That is very misleading since every age group catches the disease and the same rate and spreads at the same rate. While old people (and people with a medical history of diabetes, pneumonia, weakened immune system etc.) are much more likely to die from the disease, the sickness for anyone can be very severe and very unpleasant.

[bgill]

Last week, I posted that Laura Ingram was telling the doctor she had on that she’d gone to CVS that day because she wasn’t feeling well. She hasn’t been on since.

[PghBaldy]

The numbers have been doubling about every 2 days or so already, so this supposed statement by unnamed WH sources is not unreasonable.

TOTAL CASES in USA (excluding non-repatriated)
2020-01-21 1
2020-01-24 2
2020-01-25 3
2020-01-26 5
2020-01-30 6
2020-01-31 7
2020-02-01 8
2020-02-02 11
2020-02-05 12
2020-02-20 14
2020-02-27 15
2020-02-28 19
2020-02-29 24
2020-03-01 42
2020-03-02 57
2020-03-03 85
2020-03-04 111
2020-03-05 176
2020-03-06 252
2020-03-07 351
2020-03-08 475

[bgill]

That’s an excellent way to spread it faster. Wait until the whole nation stops reporting cases and deaths.

[Jane Long]

Why do these cruise ship peeps keep coming to TX, Gov Abbott??

Why not CA?

I saw that, about Rice classes. :(

[blueplum]

to address item #5
reposting from last night, general FYI:

Mike Pence, Mar 6:

tests:

“We’ve been able to provide tests to all the state jurisdictions and labs that have requested it and.. all state labs have the test...State labs can actually conduct CV tests themselves. Beyond that, between Mar 2nd and 5th, we’ve distributed more than 900K tests across the country, including 200K that would allow 75,000 individual patients to be tested..By Saturday another 200K tests will be shipped and by the weekend another million tests will be shipped around the country. With the expectation by the end of next week another 4MM tests will be shipped.”

“To meet future demand this week the President brought together the leading commercial labs in America and asked them to in effect partner with the US in developing tests for the American people.

And I’m proud to say that just in the last 24 hours.. two of America’s leading commercial laboratories have announced that tests will be available by Monday of this week. The reason that’s important, the reason that meets future demand is because the enormous capacity of these commercial labs.. are precisely how we will make cv tests avail for your local doctor, available to your pharmacy and broadly available to the American public.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qyu1XG-wnw

1,721 posted on 3/7/2020, 8:20:41 PM by blueplum

[Pollard]

unnamed course? People familiar? I wouldn’t doubt it might double in two days though really. Real close to doubling in the past two days. Get’s big quick like that.

[dfwgator]

Which I suspect my kids schools: UNT and Texas Tech may do likewise.

[NautiNurse]

You and your dad are well within your rights to inquire about policy and precautions with facility management.

[ncalburt]

I think a world pandemic is that condition .

Why NOT even test the incoming after. 5 hour flight in a petri dish ?

What is Pence doing ..?

Did a donor pal complain ?

We are the only Western nation not testing the Incoming from Hot Zones .
This policy will prove to be a disaster fir hospitals .

The Saudis just blocked a dozen countries .

[Jane Long]

Reminds me of China 😱

[PghBaldy]

I used this chart “Non-repatriated COVID-19 cases
in the United States”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_outbreak_in_the_United_States

[dynachrome]

That will be tomorrow morning. I’m thinking those infrared thermometers are pretty cheap anymore.

[Fury]

Re:205:

Are you posting that because you believe it shows that COVID-19 is transmitted by aerosols?

I don’t think you are as the underlying California Code defines an ATD as:

“Aerosol transmissible disease (ATD) or aerosol transmissible pathogen (ATP). A disease or pathogen for which droplet or airborne precautions are required, as listed in Appendix A.”

So they define it as a disease which requires droplet *or* airborne precautions.

I’m hopeful that research will soon show more information on aerosol transmission.

[Jane Long]

Good thing Spring Break is beginning, in TX.

I have a feeling classes will be cancelled/held remotely, after SB, for MANY colleges/public schools.

[BobL]

“(1) This is about old people and I won’t be affected

That is very misleading since every age group catches the disease and the same rate and spreads at the same rate”

Agree - I was just trying to think like them. Why else would they not care if kids get infected?

[dfwgator]

Yep, I expect our kids to be staying with us for awhile.

[cgbg]

I will find the correct video for you—stay tuned.

[janetjanet998]

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